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The Alamance gleaner VOL. LX. GRAHAM, IS, C., THURSDAY JULY 26, 1934. NO. 25. News Review of Current Events the World Over General Strike in San Francisco Area Collapses?North Dakota's Hot Political Row?Mrs. McAdoo Divorces the Senator. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ? by Western Newspaper Union. Uivurc more it nas r>een demon strated that the general strike ls# not a successful weapon in the hands of organized labor in the United States Harry Bridge* in iiiuunu lui ui?jiuit?S. The San Francisco unions, dominated for the moment by radi cals, undertook to use this weapon, and with in two days were forced to admit their failure. Governor Mer riam, Mayor It o s s i and other officials, strongly backed by public opinion, were determined that San francisco ana tne surrounding com munities should not be deprived of the necessities of life, that the em bargo on food shipments should be broken and that transportation should not be stopped. Nearly 8,000 members of the National Guard were mobilized to aid the police, and their efforts were seconded by hastily formed bands of vigilantes which raided the head quarters and gathering places of the Communists. The central committee in charge of the strike soon realized the movement was collapsing and the conservative members, regaining con trol, relaxed the restrictions, and made an offer of arbitration under certain conditions. On Thursday the general strike was formally called off and the men or dered back tQ work. General Johnson, NRA administra tor, acting as spokesman for the fed eral maritime dispute board there, was on hand' determined to bring about a peaceful settlement. The Pacific coast maritime strike, on behalf of which the mass walkout was called, re mained a difficult problem, for the longshoremen and maritime workers were insistent that the main dispute In their case, control of the "hiring halls," should not be subjected to ar bitration. To the average person the whole thing looked unreasonable and unnec essary. The longshoremen, like their fellow workers all along the west coast, have been on strike for changed working conditions, and were joined by the marine workers and teamsters. Then Joseph P. Ryan, national presi dent of the longshoremen, signed an agreement that the men would return to work pending arbitration and a labor disputes board was appointed by President Roosevelt But Harry Bridges, an Australian radical who is neaa or tne local maritime worsers. gained control of the situation and absolutely blocked the move for arbi tration. persuading the men to repudi ate the Ryan agreement. In the unions of the San Francisco metropolitan area it Is said the conservatives out number the radicals, but the latter are trained In the tactics of Intimida tion and are seeking to wreck the trades unions for the benefit of the cause of Communism. Mayor Angelo J. Rossi announced a pledge to run every "Communistic ag itator" out of San Francisco. The pledge, announced through an emer gency citizens* committee, said: "I pledge to you that I, as chief ex ecutive in San Francisco, to the full extent of my authority, will run out of San Francisco every Communistic agitator, and this is going to be a con tinuing policy in San Francisco." THERE was disquieting strike news from many parts of the country. The unions of Portland, Ore., were pushing their plans for a general strike, and their officials said nothing could now be done to prevent It. The truck drivers of Minneapolis and their helpers voted for a renewal of their strike which in May tied up trans portation and resulted in fatal riots. Representatives of 40 out of 42 locals of the United Textile Workers in Alabama decided on a state-wide strike which will affect 18,(XX) opera tives. The date was not announced. Demands made to the employers in elude: Thirty hour week with $12 min imum pay, abolition of the "stretch out" system, reinstatement of all Jobs abolished under the stretchout sys tem ; re-employment of all workers discharged for union activity and rec ognition of* the textile workers' union for collective bargaining under provl sions of the NRA. Employees of Walter J. fvohler in Kohler village, Wisconsin, are out on strike and began picketing the plant though it has beeu closed down since July 4. These woikers for whoin Koh ler built and maintained an "ideal"'4 industrial town and who have been treated with remarkable generosity by the company, demand recognition of their union, a minimum wage of (55 cents an hour and a 50-hour week. The company has its own employees' union, a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour, and a 40 hour week. /CONSTITUTIONALITY of the Bank head cotton act is to be tested in the federal courts. Gaston Therrell of Columbus. Miss., has served notice that he will bring the suit in the United States district court at Mer idian, directing it against Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, and internal revenue and extension officials In the state charged with execution of the act's provisions. T_JOUSING conditions in the United States amply demonstrate the need for new housing. Acting Secre tary Dickinson of the Commerce de partment said in making public results of a national "real property inventory," now being conducted by the Commerce* department. Sixteen per cent of 1,811,402 dwell ings in 99 cities are in crowded condi tion "or worse," Mr. Dickinson said. An additional 10.6 per cent are in need of structural repairs and 44.7 per cent need minor repairs. The incomplete returns show 32,442 houses, or 2.34 per cent of the total, as "unfit for human habitation." North Dakota was in a state of political chaos, with two men bat tling for the governorship and the con trol of the state government and Na Wf i jmmmm Ole H. Olson tional Guard. William H. Langer, according to a ruling of the State Supreme court, was no longer entitled to hold the office of governor because of his recent conviction on charges of con spiracy to defraud the federal govern ment. The court de creed that he must give up ids office to Gov. Ole H. Olson. Langer defied the court, refused to move out of office, sum moned the National Guard to support him and called a special session of the legislature, which he dominates. Olson countermanded these orders, and Adjt. Gen. Earle R. Sarles seemed to side with him, though he kept two companies of the National Guard on duty in Bismarck to quell possible dis orders. It was reported that thou sands of farmers were on their way to the capital city determined to sup port Langer in whatever action he might demand. It was believed the legislature would vote wholesale im peachments of state officials, possibly including the members of the Supreme court, who voted to oust Langer. Langer and several co-defendants were convicted in June. The federal government charged that the Langer group forced federal employees to con tribute to a political fund. This fund, it was said, was collected supposedly for a newspaper. The government contended that the money eventually went into the campaign chest. Langer soon afterward was re-nominated by an overwhelming vote, and following this he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Senator william g. Mcadoo of California was too fond of pol itics and travel to suit bis wife, whose interests were In sculpture, painting and home life. So the former Eleanor Wilson, daughter of the war-time President, went before a judge In Los Angeles with her complaint and in 42 minutes had been granted an inter locutory divorce decree. "Mental cruelty" was the charge, and Mrs. McAdoo testified that the senator had been living almost entirely In Wash ington for two years, and that It was impossible for her to reside in the National Capital because the climate there was injurious to her health. Senator McAdoo did not contest the divorce, and there was a property set tlement the details of which were not made public. The custody of the two children was vested in both parent*, it was revealed that the McAdnos have been separated since last December. DAYS of torrential rain In the mountains of southern Poland re sulted in raging floods that poured through the valleys, drowning perhaps as many as three hundred persons. More thafi rk'.OOO were without food and shelter. The property loss was tremendous, all the crops Just har vested being ruined. ? Many popular resorts crowded by summer vacationists were cut o.7. I Eighty-three camps of Boy and (Jlrl Scouts were evacuated, after the youths experienced harrowing difficul ties. FOR several hours earthquakes shook all Panama and Costa Hlca, but the Panama canal was unhurt. The most | serious damage was at David, Panama, not far from the Costa Illcan border, j There many buildings fell and scores of persons were injured. Considerable j losses were sustained also at Puerto | I Armuelles, the United Fruit company's j j Pacific side banana headquarters. One j American soldier was killed by jump- [ ing from a barracks window at Fort I Davis. PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARY MAR YIN M'INTYRK 'announced that the President had created a special \ committee to formulate a new fed ! oral nollev concern- rum? m? '-mam* i in^ the? generation and distribution of electricity, and In Washington this was looked upon as a probable move for the nationalization of the power industry. In a letter to Secre tary Ickes asking him to head the com mittee, Mr. Roosevelt said: "Its duty will be to develop a plan Sec'y Ickes for the closer co-operation of the several factors in our electrical power supply?both pub lic and private?whereby national pol icy In power matters may be unified and electricity be made more broadly available at cheaper rates to industry, to domestic, and. particularly, to agrl- , cultural consumers. "As time goes on, there undoubtedly will be legislation on the subject of holding companies and for the regula tion of electric current In interstate j commerce. This committee should con sider what lines should be followed in I shaping up this legislation. Since a number of the states have commis sions having jurisdiction over intra state power matters, it is necessary that whatever plan is developed should have regard to the powers of these various state commissions as well as of the states in general." Besides Mr. Ickes, who is to act as chairman, the committee will consist of Dr. Elwood Mead, bureau of recla mation; Frank R. McNinch, federal power commission: Morris L. Cooke, of the PYVA Mississippi valley com mittee: Maj. Gen. Edward M. Mark ham. chief of army engineers: Robert E. Healy, of the federal stock ex change commission: David E. Lllllen- ! thai, Tennessee valley authority, and i T. \V. Norcross, assistant chief of the forest service. TAMMANY HALL has a new Chief tain in the person of James J. Dool ing, elected at the urgent demand of Postmaster General Farley. He took his seat at the head of the once great Democratic organization and an nounced that he would undertake to dc*two things. The first is to restore harmony within the society by elim inating factional disputes: the second, and perhaps harder task, is to change the New York point of view toward Tammany. ALL Germany and most of the rest of the world heard Adolf Hitler Justify his bloody purging of the Nazi ; party, involving the violent deaths of j Chancellor Hitler 11 persons, a no ms defiance of his ene mies within and with out the reich. The chancellor in his speech before a com plaisant reichstag em ployed his well known gift of oratory to the limit, and unless the fterlin correspondents are mistaken, he won to his support the great majority of Ger mans who were wa vering in their allegiance to Mm. Hitler not only defended the slaugh ter of the alleged conspirators, but also gave warning. that a like fate awaits all other "traitors." "Every one Is to know for all fu ture times," he said, "that. If he raises his hand for attack against the state, certain death will he his lot" Far from apologizing for the kill ings, he shouted: "I gave orders to shoot those who were mainly respon sible for treachery. I gave further orders to burn out lDto the raw flesh i the pest boil of our internal well poisoning and the poisoning of foreign : countries. I was the supreme court of the land for 24 hours." His indictment of Iloehm and the circle of perverts that surrounded him ' was terrific in its details and con vincing to most of his countrymen. Just before the deli very of his ad. dress, Hitler and his government were I notified by Great Britain and Italy that they approved the eastern Euro- j pean security pacts that France is fostering. These would Include Kus- I sia, Poland, the Baltic states and ; Czechoslovakia, and unless Germany also signed up the result would he the forging of an iron band around the 1 reich. Mexico Working Fast on Pan-American Highway MEXICO has been going ahead rap idly with her sector of the I'an Amerlcan highway, with more than 7,000 men on the Job. It opens to the tourist vast territories off the beaten paths of travel, and aids In develop ing these areas. This picture, at Ja cala, 16o miles north of Mexico City, shows the highway twisting down the mountains. BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN By THORTON W BURGESS PETER FINDS VEERY DETER RABBIT had spent a quiet * day in the dear old Brier Patch. As evening approached lie decided to go back to hear Melody the Wood Thrush sing again. Just as he drew near the Green Forest he heard from the direction of the Laughing Brook a song which caused him to change his mind and sent him hurrying in that direction. It was a very different song from that of Melody, yet if he had never heard it before Peter would have known that such a song could come from no throat except that of a member of the Thrush family. As he drew near, those beautiful notes seemed to ring through the Green Forest like a bell. As Melody's song filled him with the feeling of peace, so this song stirred in him a feeling of the wonderful mystery of life. There was In It the very spirit of the Green Forest. It didn't take Peter long to find the singer. It was Veery, who has been named Wilson s Thrush, and by some folks is known as the Tawny Thrush. At the sound of the patter of Peter's feet the song stopped abruptly ami he was greeted with a whistled "Wlieeu! Wheeu!" Then, seeing that it was no one of whom he need be afraid, Veery came out from under some ferns to greet Peter, lie was smaller than his cousin Melody, being about one-fourth smaller than Welcome Robin. He wore a brown coat, but it was not as bright as that of Melody. His breast was somewhat faintly spotted with brown, and below lie was white. His sides were grayish white and not allot ted like Melody's sides. "I heard you singing, and I Just had to come over to see you," cried Peter. "I hope you like my song," said Veerj*. "I love to sing just at this hour, and I love to think that other people like to hear me." "They do," declared Peter most de cidedly. "I can't imagine how any body could fail to like to hear you. I came way over here just to sit a while and listen. Won't you sing some more for me, Veery?" "Certainly." replied Veery. "I wouldn't feel that I was going to bed . right if I didn't sing until dark. The only way I can express, my happiness and love of the Green Forest and the joy of Just being back here at home is by singing." Veery slipped out of sight and al most at once his hell-like notes began to ring through the Green Forest. Pe ter sat right where he was, content to just listen and feel within himself the Joy of being alive and happy In the beautiful spring season which Veery was expressing so wonderfully. Finally from deep In the Green For I est sounded the hunting rail of Booty the Owl. Veery's song stopped. "Good night, Peter," he called softly. ?. T. W. Burxem.?WNU Service. (QUESTION BOX By ED WYNN... The Perfect Fool Dear Mr. Wynn: I bought some stock in the "Banana Oil Company." I can't find anything In the papers about it. Can you tell me if the stock has gone up? Yours truly, N. VESTOR. Answer?It sure has. It went up with the company. Dear Mr. Wynn: I am now forty-two years of age and still unmarried. I can't seem to get a husband. Every Leap Year I pro pose to seven or eight men, but none of them will even listen. What, oh what, shall I do to get a husband? Sincerely, A. SPINSTER. Answer?Just find a man who is sick on the flat of his back and it's a cinch. Dear Mr. Wynn: I am a girl twenty-three years of age, and have been going with a fel low for about five weeks. He is not very bright, but 1 think I like him Just the same. He proposed to me last night, and Just to kid him I said I would marry him if he could tell me the difference between myself and a cow. Shall I marry him anyhow. Yours truly, N. LOVE. Answer?If lie can't tell you the dif ference between yourself and a cow, you better let him marry a cow. Dear Mr. Wynn: I understand the lightweight cham pionship Is in dispute. Can you tell ine who are the two nearest contend ers for the lightweight championship? Truly yours, IT. KNOIT. Answer?Just now. It Is a toss-up between the "ice man" and the "coal man." THROUGH A Wjman's Eyes By JEAN NEWTON PAGE SOLOMON PRINCE EDWARD Island, a prov ince of S8.000 inhabitants, has had only one divorce in almost 40u years. It Is only 21 hours by train from Boston, and the inhabitants have adopted practically all American hah Ira?except divorce. That Is, they read American magazines and news pa i?ers, buy American goods, see American motion pictures. The Island is a popular American tourist haunt and It Is said that practically all Its families have relatives and friends in the I'nlted States. They are pros perous, the law admits of divorce, and only a percentage of the population have religions psohibisons against It. How then, or rather vllJ, haa community escaped the welbknownN virus that so cuts into our marriage records? William 8. Dutton has quoted the governor of Prince Edward Island as giving the explanation. He says: "When a community Is overwnelmlng ly against a thing, you simply have none of It! "Divorce here Is looked upon as an admission of failure. It Is a mark against a man's record, a thing he must explain. The divorced man has failed in his duty as a home-maker, a husband, and a father, and few duties In life are higher than these three. Public opinion on Prince Edward is land demands that a man give the same attention and efTort to marriage that he gives daily to his business. Consequently, divorce does not exist on the Island." Shall we follow Prince F'dward Island in this matter of the divorce rate which so concerns thinking peo ple today, and to combat which sug gestions are made dally from every rostrum and every pulpit as well as through the medium of print? Shall we draw back from our modern em phasis on the individual's right to hap piness and "another chance" and frown people out of thoughts of seek ing that happiness by changing i mates? It would probably work?for when I has public opinion not had that pow er? The question is how do we take to a method that might remind some of Puritan whipping posts and dock ing stools? How far shall we go with regulation of individual lives by pub lic opinion?even though In the major ity of cases such regulation would cer tainly be "for their own good?" If public frowning upon divorce would make people take second thought In pursuing foolish or selfish or Ill-advised impulses, if it will make them take deeper thought?if it will make them regard marriage as a Job to fail in which is a disgrace and a wrong, then?borrowing from the ver nacular?it is "all to the good." But the matter Is not always so simple. The people and the marriages affect ed would not come under one head. Mania for freedom Is dangerous, the other extreme of suppression is no more desirable. Page Solomon. #5. Bell Syndicate.?WXU Serv ice. - Latest Paris Hat One of the latest of Parisian fash Ion creations Is this bright yellow taffeta hat trimmed with a black vel vet bow. From Molyneux. I PAPA rNCWI-l "Pop, what it rendezvous?" "Rumble teat/' fc. Bell Syndicate ? WNU service. I rr?u6gp 1 1 "The prize dumbbell/' saye perti nent Polly, "is the girl that thought there were no such things as pickled herring and stewed clams before they started dumping the John Barleycorn into the water." ?. Bell Syndicate?WNU Service. A PRAYER IN HARVEST TIME By ANNE CAMPBELL LOHI), breathe upon thy meadows Thy cool and tranquil breath. The cornfields need the silver Of rain to stay their death. The fields are parched an a swooning Beneath the sun's fierce beat. The woodland preen is fading. Scorched by the noonday heat Lord, fan the clover blossoms That faint beneath the sun. And save the climbing roses? They wilt when night is done. Set clouds above my pathway Where now the hot sun stings. And spread above the highway The shadow of thy wings. Lord, send a cool breeze blowing Across the city street And on the dusty roadways Where town and country meet Send down thy rain to bless us? And lift thy sacred hand To comfort with thy blessing A thirsty, weary land. Copyright?WXU S?rvleo. Visits Worlas Fair at 121 U NCLE WILL BUTLER of Nashville, Ua? who was born on March 10, 1S13, Is shown as he arrived In Chicago to visit the World's fair. He walks unassisted, his sight and bearing are good and he recommends combread, grits and a few nlpa of whisker a day as a longevity diet ?
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